The UK’s cultural nightlife sector has lost around 86,000 jobs since the pandemic hit, according to new data. A new report commissioned by the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), which represents more than 1,200 members including nightclubs, bars, and casinos, said the sector was “ravaged” by the pandemic and the restrictions enforced from last March. Michael Kill, chief executive of the NTIA, said the findings come at a pressing time for the sector as it moves towards the busy Christmas period. He said it was pivotal that no further restrictions return to the sector—such as vaccine passports—and called for financial support from the chancellor. “It’s timely because at this moment, governments in Scotland and Wales are pressing ahead with chaotic vaccine passport plans, and the UK government refuses to rule out their use in England,” he said. “It is the worst possible time to introduce vaccine passports, which will further …